Focusing intently on Christ naturally results in a lifestyle of increasingly greater selflessness. And it has another benefit. Gazing on Christ gives us greater ability to look past life’s trials and remain calm in the midst of what others would call chaos.
CHARLES R. SWINDOLLAnything under God’s control is never out of control.
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God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.
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The beautiful thing about encouragement is that anybody can do it.
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If you are having difficulty loving or relating to an individual, take him to God. Bother the Lord with this person. Don’t you be bothered with him – leave him at the throne.
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Do you need strength? Peace? Wisdom? Direction? Discipline? Ask for it! God will hear you.
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The world has changed and it’s going to keep changing, but God never changes; so we are safe when we cling to Him.
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We continually encounter hardships. People disappoint us. We disappoint ourselves. But God is constant and compassionate. We are not alone. He cares. Against all reason, the transcendent God loves us so much that He has committed Himself to us.
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No pressure is greater than God’s power.
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The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
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It’s not enough merely to believe there is a God. You must believe in the God who is there.
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If you want to stop an argument, close your mouth.
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The past is over forget it. The future holds hope reach for it.
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Consistency: It’s the jewel worth wearing; It’s the anchor worth weighing; It’s the thread worth weaving; It’s a battle worth winning.
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When you accept the fact that sometimes seasons are dry and times are hard and that God is in control of both, you will discover a sense of divine refuge, because the hope then is in God and not in yourself.
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Encouragement is awesome. Think about it. It has the capacity to lift a man’s or a woman’s shoulders. To breathe fresh air into the fading embers of a smoldering dream. To actually change the course of another human being’s day, week, or life.
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We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.
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